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Ludhiana: Tall claims of local railway authorities for recycling plastic waste by using bottle crusher in city railway station have fallen flat within months. The machine on platform 1 has developed a technical snag due to its irregular maintenance and non-removal of the crushed plastic waste generated. The bottle crusher was installed on platform 1 just a few months ago to...

Ludhiana: In a bid to combat plastic pollution, Northern Railway authorities have given strict instructions to local commercial department officials of city station to impose a ban on single-use plastic carry bags completely from October 2. Presently, these are used by different food vendors and stalls owners running on the station premises. Northern Railway has given...

Ludhiana: A 27-year-old passenger had cardiac arrest and died when he reached the city station platform number 4 to catch one of the long-route trains on Friday. Within no time, co-passengers delivered an alert message in the control room of the government railway police. The police reached on the spot and took the passenger to a nearby hospital for medical assistance....

Ludhiana: The water vending machine installed on platform 1 of the city station is lying non-functional for the past few days, creating problems for frequent passengers travelling in the festival season. The railways have started the initiative of providing clean drinking water at a reasonable cost to local passengers, but due to non-functioning of the vending machines,...

CHANDIGARH: As the flood water has started receding, a cleanliness drive was launched in flood-hit villages of Punjab on Thursday. Hundreds of sanitation workers from various municipalities have been deputed in these villages along with tractor-trailers and earthmovers to remove the garbage from streets to prevent post-deluge spread of diseases/epidemic. An official...

CHANDIGARH: As the flood water has started receding, a cleanliness drive was launched in flood-hit villages of Punjab on Thursday. Hundreds of sanitation workers from various municipalities have been deputed in these villages along with tractor-trailers and earthmovers to remove the garbage from streets to prevent post-deluge spread of diseases/epidemic. An official...